Friday, April 9, 2010

Avocado Chicken.

My chicken quest continues.

Yesterday I made Avocado Chicken. First, I made Pioneer Woman's Restaurant Style Salsa because, honestly, there is very little better on Earth than homemade salsa. Then I went to work on the avocado. It more or less turned into Guacamole, though that wasn't my intention. I mashed up an avocado and mixed the mash with a spoonful of the salsa, a couple of mashed up garlic cloves, salt, pepper, lime juice, and parmesan cheese.

The chicken was the same song and dance as the Caprese Chicken. I seasoned it with salt and pepper and brushed it with EVOO. Then I baked it at 350 or 375 for...well, until it was close to done. Once it wouldn't be hurt by another 10 minutes or so, but was more or less done, I took it out of the oven and smeared the avocado mixture over it. I also sprinkled some shredded parmesan cheese over the top. Then I just popped it in the oven again until the cheese was melted and set about cooking the rice.

I added shredded cheddar cheese and salsa over the rice and added some more salsa over the chicken when it was done. This was actually very good. I was more than a little bit surprised, but it was very, very tasty.